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See the Evansville Chief of Police and Prosecutor Strap on High Heels this Afternoon in the “Walk a Mile in Her Shoes” Event at USI

This afternoon, USI and Albion Fellows Bacon Center will host the annual "Walk a Mile in Her Shoes" event. Men from around the community and the USI campus will strap on a pair of heels for a one-mile trek through campus

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Choose Not to Lose
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Evansville Law Enforcement and the EVSC Announce Choose Not to Lose – A New Program to Help Kids Make Better Choices

As any parent is well aware, our kids sometimes do not make the best choices, especially at the high school level. Some of their decisions are made based on anything from bullying to peer pressure or just out of the need to fit in. A new program was launched on Monday to help kids make better, more positive choices as they move forward.

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Join the Great American Clean-Up Starting April 6th

April will be a very busy month for Clean Evansville and Keep Evansville Beautiful with two events. Mayor Lloyd Winnecke is encouraging all local residents to kick-start the year-long Great American Clean-up this Saturday, April 6, by picking up trash citywide, plus turn out en mass for clean-ups targeting five neighborhoods in conjunction with Global Youth Service Day 2013 on April 27.

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Mayor Winnecke Explains ‘Smart City 2.0′ and Recaps His State of the City Speech [Audio]

Last week Evansville Mayor Lloyd Winnecke gave his annual State of the City address. On this week's edition of Wednesdays With Winnecke, he gives a brief recap of that speech. He also had a discussion with Allen Mounts about the "Smart City 2.0" project.

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Breaking the habit
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New Study Finds Over Half of Indiana Smokers Tried to Quit Last Year

Many Hoosiers desperately want to quit smoking, as a new study suggests that more than half of the smokers in Indiana have attempted to kick the habit within the past year.

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Indiana May Require Guns in All Schools

A bill is being considered in the Indiana legislature that would required an armed and trained officer or staff member on site in every public school in the state.

The measure passed in the House Education Committee, which added the provision to Senate Bill 1

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Drunken Easter Bunny Continues to Party Hard in Indiana

It is no secret that once Christmas is officially over, Santa Claus returns to the North Pole for a well-deserved nap. But would you believe that as soon as the Peeps are properly positioned in all the baskets and the last of the colored eggs are hidden, the Easter Bunny celebrates another successful year by doing a little Indiana bar hoping?

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Free Deaconess Men’s Health Series Lecture Tonight Focuses on Joint Pain

Newstalk 1280 and Deaconess Hospital invite you to another presentation in the ongoing Men's Health Series, which is a monthly series of lectures that address a number of different men's health topics. The next lecture is TONIGHT, and it may affect you!

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Youth Resources of Southwestern Indiana Hosting Auction for a Trip to Los Angeles to See Dodgers vs Cardinals – Bid Now

The 2013 Major League Baseball season is "in full swing" (pun completely and whole-heartedly intended), and Youth Resources of Southwestern Indiana has an opportunity for you to catch a game at one of the leagues historic ballparks, Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles!

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Indiana Lawmakers Not Finished Fighting for Marijuana Decriminalization

Indiana lawmakers say they are not finished fighting against Indiana’s hard-headed marijuana laws, and that no amount of resistance will stop them from continuing to lobby for its decriminalization.

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